On the brink of a life that seemed too dull to excite her, amidst the chaos of the insurgency that threatened not just her happiness, but the little she had as a world; Maryam Bukar Ibrahim seemed to battle more wars than her 16 years old and autistic brain could handle. 

It became too much to bear, too much grief for her heart to take and a commitment her innocent yet frail body could endure. As if that wasn’t enough, destiny found a way of getting her married to a soldier, at the brink of her father’s death and the last words he pronounced were of her becoming Mrs. Na’im Bolori. 

For Captain Na’im Bolori, marriage was the last thing he thought for his life. He was the prince of the Kingdom of Maiduguri and suffering from an unmentioned illness broke more of his engagements than he cared to count. Being a soldier was his lifetime dream, yet rescuing a dying father only to get him married to his weird and two colored eyes daughter was something he had never imagined. 

He took her home not because he wanted, not because he was ever going to accept the so called marriage, between, she was only 16 years old! But destiny decided to play with his heart and test how capable he was of controlling himself and protecting the ones he loved. As said, When A Soldier Loves...He Kills To Protect.

When A Soldier Loves

<p>"Yes, I'm friends with most of the people here and they even have some people to ask about him if they don t know. But I won t do that unless you eat your food, shower and change into something fresh, okay?" Maryam nodded and began to eat her food, which made Bilkisu smiled lovingly at her. She liked the girl, the lady, the woman; whatever the right way to address Maryam was. But she wanted to talk to her about Na im even though she didn t know what exactly she would say and she was afraid that if she did, Maryam might end up telling Na im and well, she didn t know what that would cost her; her life included in the endless list. </p>

Chapter 37 23: B